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The fact that you associate these viewpoints with conservatives is an indictment on conservatism, not an indictment on Twitter. Twitter has and will ban zero p

• throwaway894345 6y ago
  Was it not obvious that my example was contrived and hypothetical? How could I have been more clear that I was merely commenting on the logic and not speaking in support or opposition to the bans?
  • TameAntelope 6y ago
    It was obvious, however it was not specific whether or not your statement was regarding the determinant for the ban or an attribute of the banned, which is relevant in this case. "A property of those banned was that they were all conservative." is not the same as "The people who were banned were treated so as a result of their conservatism." For people who aren't ignoring the specific situation, we're aware that there's a general accusation of, "Conservatism is getting banned from Twitter!" so in this context your ambiguity is resolved by applying context, which then makes what you tried to point out wrong. So in this context, saying "only conservatives were banned" can be interpreted to mean, "conservatives were the target of the ban", which is then false, and what I responded to as such.